Tsongas Leaves Hospital After Cancer Recurrence

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December 28, 1992

BOSTON — Former U.S. Sen. Paul Tsongas has been released from a hospital where he was admitted for an infection related to his chemotherapy treatments for cancer. Tsongas, 51, had entered the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute on Dec. 10. He was released Friday. He was transferred to a cardiac care unit at Brigham and Women's Hospital Dec. 18 after developing a rapid heartbeat, but he returned to the cancer institute five days later. Tsongas, who had unsuccessfully sought the Democratic party nomination for president earlier this year, confirmed this month that a cancerous growth had been discovered in his abdomen. It was the third time in 10 years he has been diagnosed with cancer. Tsongas will continue cancer treatments at home, a Dana-Farber spokeswoman said.